The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-03

so closely, and happend to walk SC
straight into the trap, that Twas dom
for before ! knew what WAS 60
ing on. Not yell was uttered-nol
~ word spoken. Two OF them trippeC
me up, and the other two piled on to
me and disarmed me, and IN less thai
n minute my arms were jerked behinc
me and made fast, and away We wenl
to the northwest on u trot. Thin
was maintained for abont u mile
when we came upon n party OF III
ty mounted redskins, and il
the midst OF them found Sewell
He was PROSTATE with exhaustion
and fear and when | spoke to him
which act the Indians seemed rathe
to encourage, he began crying ane
sobbing like child. | was lifted ~
behind warrior and of we went at |,
galop, riding to the west and keeping
close to the river until we had. mad
at least fifteen miles. Then we cam
upon an Indian village as it was grow
ing daylight.
My feelings during that ride wer
anything but agreeable, l can assure
you. The fact that / was not killeo
at the moment OF my capture had {
significance which | well understood
| | was lust as certain to 90 to the STAKE
for torture as ! remained q prisoner
and did heap OF thinking in hopes
TO get plan for escape. Mounted be
hind an Indian, my arms tied so tight
/ " that | was n constant sufferer, ano
obliged to keep my balance by the us'
OF my legs alone there WAS no earth
ly show for me to carry out my
scheme. Sewell was mounted on the
horse Just ahead OF me, and his con
duct went far to distress and unnervt
me. He kept up constant lamenta
ton, and was continually beseechinl
me not TO let the Indians do hin
harm. Drink had lost its effect or
him, and to come out OF his spell anc
find himself in the hands OF the relent
less reds kins had taken all the plucl
out OF him. He was doing the very
worst thing he could have DONE for J
heard the Indians gloating over the
prospect when he should come to the
stake. There was considerably hur.
rah when we rode into the village, anC
had not been able to understand 6
word of the dialect, the looks and &C
tions OF the Indians would have beer
sufficient to tell me what fate they in
tended to mete out to us. Sewel
was placed in one lodge and in an
other, and the war party were soor
engaged with breakfast. 1t was not
vet fully daylight when / was pulled
of the horse, and therefore had
not yet been recognized. l was pref
ty generally known to all the tribes
and they had named me "The Ions
Death" got the name by killing
some OF them with rifle which knock.
ed them over when the supposed
themselves far beyond range. My
only hope was that no one in the crowc
would be able to identify me, as hac
lately had my hair cut close and my
whiskers entirely removed, but day
light had only come when three war.
riors looked IN on me, gave q start o.
surprise, and one of them called AT
the top OF his voice:
at is the Long Deathl We have
got him at last. Here is the white
hunter who has killed so many o.
our people"
The cat was out OF the bag, as the
old saying goes, and stood there and
faced them and knew that was doom.
ed to the most horrible tortures they
could invent.
They did not keep me long in wait.
ing The knowledge Of my identity
whetted their savage appetites. and
while the warriors who captured us
were eating breakfast the rest OF the
village were astir with preparations.
The camp wasin bit Of valley on the
bank OF Smoky Hill Fork, and two
young trees were cut down, trimmed
to u proper length and then driven in
to the ground in the centre OF the vii
lage. The one intended for me was
almost in front of my tepee, and ]
stoon at the entrance and saw the
young men drive it into the earth.
More than that, sung out to. them
in a steady voice in their own dia.
lect.
"a stake like that to hold The
Long DEATH You shall see how he
will tear it up"
My words were received with shouts
OF satisfaction. No people on earth
respect courage in man as much as
the Indians. There are no less cruel
to game man, but his gameness will
shorten his torture. Feeling that my
time had come, and hoping to pro-
woke some OF them to sho ,t or toma-
hawk me, called out the names OF
half dozen OF the tribe whom l had
sent to the happy hunting grounds.
Some Of the young men fairly raved
to get at me, but the order ofthe chief
was to wait. l boosted that | could
outshoot, outride and outrun their
best men, and offered to hight any
six OF them il they would turn me